Issue 187, Saoirse: Irish Freedom (November, 2002)

              uimh 187samhain — november 2002 http://saoirse.rr.nu 1 70p stg usa 30 p.a silence on kidnap of limerick man • see page 4 • rmont • the publication of the stevens report into the assassi nation of solicitor pat finucane has been delayed again by the british government feilire poblachtach republican resistance calendar 2003 republican resistance calendar 4/£3stg each 5/£4stg including p&p order now from 223 parnell street dublin 1 telephone 872 9747 e-mail saoirse@iol.ie the collapse of the stormont assembly on october 14 for the fourth time since the stormont agreement was signed in 1998 and for the eighth time since 1972 clearly shows the chronic instability of british rule in ireland the fall of stormont by the stroke of a british pen illustrates once more that the new stormont is an artificial means to govern an artificial area the latest crisis has shown the world that the iish government i charge in ireland and what the irish people w iored and the dublin administration snubbed the british propaganda management of this crisis was deli as reported in saoirse lasi month the i i fc meeting on september 21 lasi saw i a id trimble's leadership survive b joil the anti-agreement side and imposing a januar deadline for the disbandmeul o the provisionals military wing this was the real the collapse of stormont but the british pulled a rabbit out of their hat in the shape of the iligence raid on the stormont offices of provisional by 200 british il police nothi found there but material was seized where and the provisional s blamed for the sill collap ! in blah bertie ahem announced lhe were bandment of the provisional ft that is not contained in the stormont agreement and goes beyond it in true british colonial fashion it has since been mooted that a simple majori ty of nationalists in the six counties will not now be suf ficient for an end to british rule in the six counties there must now be dual con sent a dual veto in fact where a majority of unionists and a majorit o nationalists must exist tor a change in sovereignty over the six counties it appears the british are about to the goalposts once m since the collapse further e idence of british colonial has emerged with the postponement until -! 2003 ol delayed stevens report into issassination of national ist solicitor pal finucane in 1989 the latest census report results have also been put back until december at the st and then british su john reid was withdrawn by too blair the needs of the british labour part took precedence over the six iiies the dish i ! range ment of the stormont agreement has raised contra ti rv and conflicting expec tations and has resulted in itani uncertainty unrest and violence on the streets sectai ime since ! 96 . ! : nationalist nightmai ues and the unionists are insecure and their support lor the i 998 ¦ i ; away continued english rule here can oiil mean in re of the same republican sinn fein does not m.-ek a return of stormont but an end to li h colonisation imperialism in ireland this is lacing the basic issue a nine-county ulster in a new four-province federation would lafeguard the into i of all the communities in ireland real power remains with england cartoon from the irish news october 15 2002